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In short, I was found to have (inadvertently) been in breach of our company's expenses policy and was told I'd be investigated. This had a severe impact on my mental health to the point where Occupational Health declared I was temporarily unfit for work, but I agreed on their advice that I should still cooperate with the investigation to get it solved as soon as possible and not prolong the situation.

A month has passed, the investigation is still ongoing, and I'm still signed off due to worsening mental health symptoms. Members of my family are trying to persuade me to return to work because they believe being off sick is either impeding the investigation (even though I've given them my personal contact details and the investigation meeting took place while I was signed off sick) or my prolonged absence will influence the decision on how I'll be disciplined (I.e. he took so much time off, let's sack him)

I believe neither of these to be true but would appreciate someone who knows a lot more about this stuff than I do to give me their take please?

I've been off work for nearly a month with anxiety, paranoia and depression. I'm barely out of bed, days are flying by and frankly not seeing the point in anything anymore. At least I can focus on my MJ journey, right? Well, no. After being off my food for a week I've noticed I'm now overeating and that my fairly recent move to 10mg isn't really doing much anymore. I managed about 10 months of 7.5 before needing to move up. But now it just feels like my body has gone "oh MJ? Yeah fuck that, not having it, let's eat loads of biscuits again because that makes you feel better doesn't it, even though it doesn't"

TL;Dr I'm having a bit of a breakdown and need a hug

I've been hearing people raving about getting bakery bags from M&S but I've never seen them appear even in the list of stuff I've missed that day.

Going through a period of being curled up in bed not wanting to face the world and have been going back watching some LGR and Techmoan and found it oddly comforting. What are your go-to YouTube channels where you just need to feel like everything will be okay?

I've been eyeing up replacing my current car - the mileage is creeping up, it's getting on a bit, and I'd rather get shut before I start encountering expensive repairs and I can still get a few grand from it - but I keep feeling a sense of guilt like I'm getting rid of a car that hasn't done anything wrong.

Admittedly I'm one of those weird people who feels empathy for inanimate objects, but I'm wondering if anyone else gets this strange feeling when they're changing cars?

Currently torn between a red and blue Honda Civic 11th gen, and after a recent post about someone getting lacquer peel on their red car, it's got me worried.

I had a 2011 red DS3 that never suffered from it in all the time I had it, but my mum had a 2012 Mini Cooper that started getting it on the bumper. I've heard mixed reports on how susceptible Japanese cars are.

Is there any rhyme or reason to red paint lacquer peel on cars, or is it just pot luck?

I've made the argument that the BBC could replace the licence fee with a tax or levy or whatnot on streamers and broadcasters that effectively eat into its audience share, especially international operators like Netflix, Disney, Paramount and WBD that are "killing traditional TV".

The stance is effectively, if you're going to compete with the BBC, you should pay to help support it. Plus it'll stop regular folk moaning about having to pay their licence.

In my opinion, a subscription model wouldn't make up the financial losses, and general taxation would just further push the narrative of being "forced" to pay for a service not everybody wants to use.

It's never been suggested by anyone important and I guess I'm wondering what I'm missing. Would these companies lose so much money that they'd no longer consider the UK viable to operate in?

I'm my experience, 2000 felt very different to 1990, and 2010 felt very different to 2000.

But other than things like AI and streaming and folding phones, it really doesn't feel like much has changed. Fashion seems the same, music feels the same, most cars look the same...

Why did we get to the late 2000s and just kinda stop?

There's a ton of comedians from way back when that are pretty much forgotten about - some deservedly, some less so. But some of them had some solid routines that absolutely hold up nowadays, in my opinion.

I'm not just talking about people's favourite bits. I'm talking about stuff that still works years after they were first done and don't fall victim to the "you couldn't do that nowadays" trope.

My two nominations are Freddie Starr's Vincent routine, and Mick Miller's alcoholic radio host telling a story about Noddy.

Hit me with your picks.